Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Wainfleet went on as the drinks arrived : ‘ All sorts of folk have their reasons for wanting other people 's private business , or their own , published .
2 As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ .
3 A passage was cleared through the crowd like magic , and although they were all kindly men , a great shout of irrepressible laughter went up as I fled .
4 But nothing of that sort happened and matters went on as before .
5 ‘ Werry busy , sir , ’ Bonefish went on as though I had not spoken .
6 ‘ Some bands went down as we watched , ’ said Manchester trading standards officer Ian Simpson .
7 " Well , Mr Herriot , " Con went on as he cut up some villainous-looking plug tobacco and began to stuff it into his pipe .
8 A public meeting went ahead as planned in Leyburn last night and a petition to Parliament will still be handed to Mr Hague in the town today .
9 Mary Finnigan : ‘ A few days after the death of David 's father , the free festival went ahead as planned and the day was fabulous ; the sun shone and everybody but everybody had a wonderful time .
10 Eggar went closer as well , standing to the left .
11 Opera House : The bomb went off as security forces were still clearing the area .
12 Shares and sterling went down as interest rates went up .
13 The second show of the evening went ahead as though there had been no problems .
14 The dun cock went down as the blue followed through , landing full-flush and kneading the gaffs on the dun 's heart as if he were working a treadle .
15 Examinations went ahead as usual yesterday for pupils at two storm-hit secondary schools .
16 No , I was , I was , came over all , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , I 'll try and park outside Westgate , I did n't feel right when I got up in the morning , Kelly get round , yes I can go and oh find Robert erm , yeah I did n't feel right in the morning , but as soon as the day went on as soon as I had this salmon salad , sandwich , and Rob said to me well you sure it was n't that , cos he said sometimes that salmon could make people feel a bit , nothing wrong with that , it 's just a tin of salmon , you know .
17 Last time he came home she said if things went on as they are for much longer he 'd lose the manor and the farm on the turn of a card ! ’
18 The day-to-day life of an RAF station went on as usual , no matter what was happening in the big world outside .
19 There was a change in the rhythm of the hammering and a scuffle in the corridor , but the quarrelling and the bridge went on as before .
20 ( 12 December 1772 ) The opera went ahead as planned , though not without some mishaps , recounted by Leopold :
21 ‘ I am not the only one to have seen Charlotte , ’ Emily went on as though nothing had happened .
22 Then at last a cheer went up as the first portions of the ‘ bicentenary pie ’ were served to the 50,000 people who presented their £1 tickets .
23 A great cheer went up as he started hitting the ball around , the merest tap sending it miles across a field as brown as Raimundo 's goatskin apron .
24 In the name of multiprocessing-on-the-desktop , its new buzzword , Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation last week went ahead as expected ( UX No 432 ) and unveiled its latest Sparcstation 10s .
25 In the name of multiprocessing on the desktop , the company 's new buzzword , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp last week went ahead as expected and unveiled its latest Sparcstation 10s ( CI No 2,151 ) .
26 Despite the rising tension over the nuclear issue the new avenues of contact stipulated by the December 1990 Agreement on Reconciliation , Non-aggression , Exchange and Co-operation went ahead as scheduled .
27 Pascoe went past as the key clicked in the lock .
28 Gerald went on as though she had not spoken .
29 Rehearsals went on as usual every morning but in order to disturb the other passengers as little as possible , they had to get up very early and work in a screened-off area .
30 Bombs went off as he had been warned that they would .
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